When drinking cold brew in summer, the biggest fear is "finding that the beans are gone when you want to drink it." Cold brew consumption is large and the bean preparation cycle is long. Taking advantage of the hot weather, you can prepare all the beans in one go and you won’t have to worry all summer long. This article compiles some ideas for stocking up on cold brew.
Calculate the amount first: how many beans do you need for a cup of cold brew?
The powder to water ratio of cold brew is generally 1:10 to 1:12, which means that for 500ml of cold brew, about 40-50g of beans are needed. Assuming that you drink 50g 3-4 times a week, it is about 200g a week, and about 800g-1kg a month.
This consumption is not low, so when stocking up, it is recommended to follow the principle of "store whole beans, divide them into small portions, and store them in a sealed container". Stock up for 1-2 months at a time, which not only ensures freshness, but also saves you from placing frequent orders.
What kind of beans should I stock up on?
Cold brew masters recommend choosing beans with a pronounced fruity aroma. The brewed beans will be fragrant, sweet, and not bitter. Front Street Yirgacheffe Fruit Ding Ding and Front Street Ethiopian Oiran are both evergreen cold brew styles; if you want to change the taste, Front Street Colombian Hija and Front Street Kenyan Cherry Tomato also have their own highlights.
If you also drink milk coffee and American style at home, you can stock up on an Italian-style blended bean for daily use, and a fruity single-origin bean specifically for cold brew. With the two sets, you can have whatever you want.
Storage after stocking up
After receiving the beans, confirm the roasting date first, put the ones you will drink in the near future in a convenient place, and store the rest in sealed packages. The shelf life of whole beans is relatively long, but the flavor will be good within one month after roasting. It is recommended to drink it within the tasting period.
You can use a food bag to pack a single dose (50g bag) before each cold brew, and pour it directly when brewing, which is convenient and keeps fresh.
When drinking cold brew in the summer, prepare enough beans and store them, so you can have them whenever you want. Stock up on rations now, and your freedom of ice coffee will be secure this summer.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
